Proportional representation "P. R.", as it is called for short--is spreading over the world rapidly. Nearly a dozen European nations have adopted it since June, 1918. But the proportional systems in ...

Fusion systems have emerged as a powerful conceptual framework that encapsulates the conjugation relationships among p-subgroups of finite groups. This categorical approach not only unifies aspects of ...

With the toppling of the Awami League-led government in Bangladesh after its 15-year stint in power, political parties have begun discussing the next round of elections in the country. After numerous ...

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This week, British Columbians begin receiving ballots to vote on whether to change the province’s voting system to proportional representation from the traditional first-past-the-post system. The ...

Would proportional representation be a better way of electing legislatures? This old idea, which dates back to John Stuart Mill and Nicolas de Condorcet, has been gaining ground among political ...

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Hiren Mansukhani is a writer and reporter who is working with The Tyee in partnership with the Tula Foundation. Follow him on Twitter @hirenm1996. The Liberals nabbed 47 per cent of parliamentary ...

Last week, the House debated an NDP motion to replace our first-past-the-post electoral system with a mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation model after the next federal election. The motion ...

Proportional Representation (PR) is an electoral system whereby the composition of the elected body reflects the proportion of support gained by each political party standing in that election.